Tyne and Wear HER(11643): High Spen, coal mining site - Details
11643
Gateshead
High Spen, coal mining site
High Spen
NZ16SW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Coal Workings
Post Medieval
Earthwork
Post medieval coal mining site, with tramway, drift (HER 6945 and 6947) mine shaft and ventilation shaft visible as earthworks and structures on air photographs of 1947. Levelled mostly by 1977.
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600
NZ131600
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1443045; Aerial Photograph RAF CPE/UK/2352 3218 04-OCT-1947